Very often, life is like the bald parrot. I’m often like the dog.
Books By Alan
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RealmShift
A race against time and the Devil
"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."
MageSign
Believe in the blood 
"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"
Ghost Of The Black
"Everything about it is bang on"
Write The Fight Right
“The best way for a writer to learn what’s really involved in brawling, short of going down the pub and starting something.”
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I write dark fantasy, sci fi and horror, ride a motorcycle and love my dog. I also teach Kung Fu, hence the Warrior Scribe tag above. A friend once referred to me that way and I liked it, so it stuck. Learn all about me and my work by clicking About Alan just below the header.
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this will be making an appearnace in a link salad in the near future – so true (for me I mean).
This sums up my day wonderfully, with the dog representing me and the parrot representing clients, insurers, colleagues and most of the wider community.
I think it’s beer o’clock.
Glad to be of service, lads.
The dog’s lucky: it can just run the fuck away.
But in the spirit-squashing corporate miasma that I live in, the parrot is paying the dog to put up with its shit.
If this picture was truly representational of human life, the expression on the dog would be different. It would be a mixture of feigned interest, thinly veiled disgust and a protective alcoholic haze.
Dan, your world is weird.